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1 Seamus Heaney. 2 Fleur Adcock. 3 Wendell Berry. 4 Joyce Carol Oates. 5 Margaret Atwood. 6 Vikram Seth. 7 Sherman Alexie. 8 Carol Ann Duffy. 9 Billy Collins. 10 Derek Walcott. Seamus Heaney. Let’s start with one of the best-loved poets of any era, Seamus Heaney. Seamus Heaney was born in April of 1939 in Castledawson, Northern Ireland.
Feb 1, 2020 · Below, we introduce ten great twenty-first-century poems from a range of contemporary poets. 1. Michael Donaghy, ‘ Black Ice and Rain ’. Published in 2000 in his collection Conjure, this poem is the earliest on this list, appearing at the very beginning of the current century. Donaghy’s early death, aged just 50, in 2004 robbed the poetry ...
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Apr 11, 2024 · René Ostberg. Learn about 10 modern poets who have an exceptional way with words: Ada Limon, Natalie Diaz, Paul Muldoon, Ross Gay, Sharon Olds, Jericho Brown, Warsan Shire, Ocean Vuong, Maggie Nelson, and Simon Armitage.
- Ocean Vuong. Through striking images and beautiful language, Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong explores his family history, the effects of war and trauma, and the complicated dynamics of love.
- Ada Limón. Ada Limón’s grasp of place, her quiet revelations, and her flowing, narrative style make her work relatable. Limón’s most recent collection, “The Carrying,” is incredible, as is her 2015 collection “Bright Dead Things.”
- Warsan Shire. Warsan Shire explores themes of femininity, immigration, and belonging with a direct narrative style. Her 2011 collection “Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth” is as striking as its title.
- Richard Siken. The cinematic imagery, strong narrative voice, and dreamlike quality of Richard Siken’s writing pull the reader directly into the confusion and desperation of love.
Apr 18, 2016 · I look up to Claudia Rankine as our most profound and consequential living poet. Citizen—which has now sold close to 200,000 copies, a feat unheard of for any poet let alone one as innovative and uncompromising as her—seems a radical re-centering of what is truly new about 21st century poetics.
Oct 15, 2019 · 3)Light and Heavy Things- Zeeshan Shahil - a Pakistani poet. Light and Heavy Things is by the Pakistani Zeeshan Sahil translated from the Urdu in one of the best poetry in Translation Series from BOA Editions. I admire writers who try to define poets and poetry; here are some of his lines: Be afraid of poets.
Dec 23, 2019 · Hannah Aizenman writes about twenty-five of the best poems published in The New Yorker in 2019, including works by Rita Dove, Sharon Olds, Ciaran Carson, Ariel Francisco, Aria Aber, Kwame Dawes...
